Unleashed - How to Thrive as an Independent Professional

Avy Punwasee is a Partner at Revenue Management Labs, which helps clients develop practical pricing solutions that deliver sustainable revenue and profit growth. In this episode, Avy walks me through a detailed case study of a pricing project for an aftermarket auto parts manufacturer. Learn more about Revenue Management Labs on their website: https://revenueml.com/

Paddy Padmanabhan is the founder of Damo Consulting, which provides digital transformation advisory services to enable healthcare organizations navigate the technology-enabled transition to telehealth and virtual care. Paddy is also the author of two books: 1) The Big Unlock: Harnessing Data and Growing Digital Health Businesses in a Value-Based Care Era and 2) Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerism, Technology and Pandemic are Accelerating the Future (HIMSS Book Series) Learn more about Paddy's work at: https://www.damoconsulting.net/

Dr. Diane Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index, which helps you understand the things that might influence how much you embrace your natural curiosity. In this episode we discuss Diane's work helping clients develop action plans to remove the roadblocks to curiosity at work. Learn more about Diane's work at: https://drdianehamilton.com/

Trond Arne Undheim is a futurist, speaker, entrepreneur and former director of MIT Startup Exchange, based outside of Boston. He has accelerated four unicorns and helped launch over 50 startups. In this episode we discuss his latest book, the 450-page Pandemic Aftermath, which he wrote between February and April of this year. Visit Trond's website: https://trondundheim.com/ Check out his podcast, Futurized https://trondundheim.com/podcast/ And buy Pandemic Aftermath on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0894QJWW3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Bethel Desmond is the Founder of The Content Corp and former Chief Storytelling at IBM Global Business Services. In this episode, she shares tips on how to use stories to engage customers. Learn more about Bethel's work at: https://www.thecontentcorp.org/

Hannah Berson is the Founder of SALT Collaboratory, a boutique consulting firm that relies heavily on the methods of design thinking. In this video episode, Hannah provides a introduction to Mural, a digital workspace for collaboration. Mural is a powerful tool and their collection of templates is an amazing set of frameworks worth studying. Learn more about Hannah's work at: https://www.saltcollaboratory.com/

Lee Frederiksen is the Managing Partner of Hinge, a branding and marketing firm that focuses on serving professional services firms. In today's episode, Lee shares key insights from the High Growth Study 2020 conducted by Hinge, which includes results from 1,000 professional services firms around the globe. An executive summary of this study is available free at: https://hingemarketing.com/library/article/2020-high-growth-study-executive-summary

Rachel Weingarten is a marketing and brand strategist, journalist, copywriter, beauty historian, and - in her words, a 'skillionaire.' Read more about Rachel on her website: https://rachelsfaves.com/about-rachels-faves/ Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcw

Kim Calichio is a chef and educator. When the pandemic shut down NYC, she realized there were many New Yorkers who would not be eligible for government assistance and who would be going hungry. She set up Lifelife Grocery, which buys groceries from wholesale restaurant suppliers and involves volunteers to pack and deliver the groceries to 700 families per week. You can support this effort and feed a family for $35 per week by donating here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lifeline-food-packages-for-families Visit the website for Kim's firm, The Connected Chef, here: https://theconnectedchef.com/

Steve Wunker worked closely with Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who first popularized the concept of "jobs to be done." After serving for over five years as a Senior Partner at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Christensen, in 2009 Steve started his own firm, New Markets Advisors. In 2017, Steve co-authored the book Jobs to be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation. In this episode, Steve provides an overview of the Jobs to be Done approach. For more info on Jobs to be Done visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/jobs-to-be-done-book.html For more info on New Markets Advisors visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/